How to Fix “This iPhone is Open in Another Window” Error

7 months ago
3 October 2023
2 replies
50 views

Userlevel 7

ProTruckDriver
Moderator
7056 replies

by: Jamie Cuevas

Some iPhone users are experiencing an error message that says “This iPhone is open in another window” when attempting to sync music between their Mac and iPhone. Users may see the error message even when there is no other window open in the Music app on Mac, making this a peculiar error message that doesn’t necessarily make sense.

If you experience the “This iPhone is open in another window” when attempting to use Music on Mac to sync music between your iPhone and Mac, read along for troubleshooting steps.

⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

Late 2015 ~ 5K ~ 27 inch iMac ~ macOS Catalina 10.15.7 ~ Clone & Backup with: SuperDuper - Time Machine & iCloud. PWM: RoboForm.  "An Apple a Day, Keeps Microsoft Away." 

Like
Quote
Share

2 replies

Userlevel 7

+25

MajorHavoc
Community Expert Advisor
1077 replies
6 months ago
3 October 2023

This is great. I JUST saw that message. I found restarting my Mac resolved the issue quickly. But I'll try these ideas next time it appears to see if any faster. Thanks for the post Pro.

- Owen Rubin,  Apple Expert. Worked in Vision Pro team and early Mac HW and OS engineer at Apple. Machines: 2017 iMac Pro 27" 5K 3GHz 10-Core Xenon Sonoma 14.x. 2023 14" MacBookPro M2 Max Ventura 13.x, 2018 16" MacBookPro Ventura 13.x, and a dozen or so older machines for testing. iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 6.